Any tips on converting a XLSX file to HTML without using a licensed library?

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  • ClosedXML

    ClosedXML is a .NET library for reading, manipulating and writing Excel 2007+ (.xlsx, .xlsm) files. It aims to provide an intuitive and user-friendly interface to dealing with the underlying OpenXML API.

  • Time to dig into those open xml docs. Honestly it’s not that bad once you get your bearings. ClosedXML offers a somewhat thin wrapper as well. I’ve used these with great success but they are quite low level.

  • Sylvan.Data.Excel

    The fastest .NET library for reading Excel data files.

  • Here is a simple, complete gist showing how to turn a DbDataReader into an HTML table. The WriteHtmlTable extension method can be used with any ADO.NET compatible driver, which the Sylvan.Data.Excel and Sylvan.Data.Csv libraries both support.

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  • Sylvan

    A collection of .NET libraries, including the fastest general-purpose CSV parser for .NET.

  • Here is a simple, complete gist showing how to turn a DbDataReader into an HTML table. The WriteHtmlTable extension method can be used with any ADO.NET compatible driver, which the Sylvan.Data.Excel and Sylvan.Data.Csv libraries both support.

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